A young mum choked to death next to her husband after falling asleep while eating a Kinder Bueno chocolate bar.

Candice Campbell, 25, nodded off whilst chewing on the chocolate because strong painkillers prescribed to fight her post-natal tummy ache made her sleepy.

The doting mum of one-year-old son Harrison choked on her own vomit at home on the sofa beside her fiancé.

Husband-to-be Geoffrey Burns awoke to find Candice slumped on his knee in the living room on November 8 last year.

The couple, who got engaged on Valentine's Day 2013, had been enjoying a film night at their home in Hull, East Yorks, and had both fallen asleep on the sofa.

Miss Campbell, who did not drink alcohol, was taking a variety of prescribed medication to ease abdominal pain she experienced after giving birth in October 2013.

Mr Burns, woke up at about 5.30am to find her unresponsive.

He told an inquest into her death that, shortly before they fell asleep, his partner was eating chocolate.

He said: "Candice was eating a stick of Kinder Bueno and I told her not to eat chocolate in case she fell asleep because her medication makes her drowsy.

"I was worried that she may fall asleep eating it. I must have been tired because I fell asleep.

The young mum was eating a Kinder Bueno when she fell asleep and choked

"I woke up to the dogs barking and Candice's head was on my lap.

"The first thing I remember saying to her was, 'Wake up, let's go upstairs'. "I noticed her lips were blue and there was a white foam coming from her nose and food particles at her mouth."

Mr Burns said when he realised she was not responsive, he began CPR.

He said: "I gave her mouth to mouth and pressed down on her chest as I was taught at first aid.

"I continued to scoop out food from her mouth and I saw there was the Kinder Bueno she was eating before I fell asleep.

"I tried to resuscitate her. I blew twice into her mouth and did 32 compressions."

Mr Burns ran 12 doors down the street to Miss Campbell's parents' house to get help.

Her father, Ian Gibson, also attempted CPR before they called for an ambulance.

Mr Gibson paid tribute to his daughter. He told the court: "She was a good mum and would have done anything for Harrison.

"She doted on him. She loved being around people, she had a lot of friends, She was also a real family girl who enjoyed spending time with them."

Senior coroner Professor Paul Marks recorded a verdict of accidental death. He said: "This is a very tragic case where a young mother had been enjoying an evening with her partner and fell asleep. She vomited but was unable to clear her airways.

"There is not a shred of evidence to suggest Candice took more medication than she should have."